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We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more
Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in read more
The game of History is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of thr majority in the middle.
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the read more
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more read more
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever read more
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.